Ita Fort

Ita Fort in Itanagar town is an important historical site in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The name literally means "Fort of Bricks" (brick being called "Ita" in the Assamese language). It also lends its name to the city Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. The Ita Fort is generally assumed to have been built by the Sutiya kings in the 14th or the 15th century. The fort has an irregular shape, built mainly with bricks dating back to the 14th - 15th century. The total brickwork is of 16,200 cubic metre lengths which was probably built by kings of the Sutiya kingdom which ruled the region at the time. The architectural style of the walls of the fort, with a stone masonry base and layers of bricks on top of it, is similar to the enclosure walls of Tamreswari Temple and Rukmini Nagar. Archaeological finds from the site are on displayed at the Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar.